Ezekiel 5:1
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| Overview - Ezekiel 5 | |
| 1 | Under the type of hair, |
| 5 | is shewn the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion; |
| 12 | by famine, sword, and dispersion. |
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Ezekiel 5:1 (King James Version)
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
- son
- In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.
- take
- 44:20 Leviticus 21:5 ; Isaiah 7:20
- then
- Daniel 5:27